ATI Radeon X550 XTX vs ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon X550 XTX and ATI Radeon X1650 PRO videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X550 XTX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 33% higher texture fill rate: 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s
Launch date 24 January 2007 vs 23 August 2006
Texture fill rate 3.2 GTexel / s vs 2.4 GTexel / s

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

  • Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 80 nm vs 110 nm
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 256 MB vs 128 MB
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 600 MHz
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 85 vs 71
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 80 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size 256 MB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 85 vs 71
PassMark - G2D Mark 241 vs 240

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon X550 XTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
71
85
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
240
241
Name ATI Radeon X550 XTX ATI Radeon X1650 PRO
PassMark - G3D Mark 71 85
PassMark - G2D Mark 240 241

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon X550 XTX ATI Radeon X1650 PRO

Essentials

Architecture R400 R500
Code name RV410 RV535
Launch date 24 January 2007 23 August 2006
Place in performance rating 713 714
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 110 nm 80 nm
Texture fill rate 3.2 GTexel / s 2.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count 120 million 330 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 44 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 9.0b 9.0c
OpenGL 2.0 2.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 4.8 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 600 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type DDR GDDR3